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From: ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com>Subject: Fwd: EPISODE 356 OUR FARM IN 1958 AND WAY BACK IN 1914 WHEN IT WAS REALLY A FARMDate: June 3, 2021 at 3:34:15 PM EDTTo: Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com>
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From: ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com>Subject: EPISODE 356 OUR FARM IN 1958 AND WAY BACK IN 1914 WHEN IT WAS REALLY A FARMDate: June 2, 2021 at 9:40:45 PM EDTTo: Alan Skeoch <alan.skeoch@rogers.com>, Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com>, John Wardle <jwardle@rogers.com>
NOTE: I HOPE THESE PICS MAKE SENSE…GIVE AN IMPRESSION OF THEIMPORTANCE OF THE FREEMAN FARM AS ALL OF US TOOK OUR HUMAN JOURNEYEPISODE 356 OUR FARM IN 1958 AND WAY BACK IN 1914 WHEN IT WAS REALLY A FARM
alan skeochJune 3, 2021THE TERM HARDSCRABBLE FARM WAS INVENTED TO DESCRIBE OUR FAMILYFARM IN THE DAYS WHEN MAKING A LIVING FARMING WAS VERY DIFFICULT.TODAY IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE ON A 25 ACRE FARM LIKE THIS…ALL SWAMPSAND STONEY FIELDS. BUT GRANDMA LOUISA FREEMAN AND GRANDPAEDWARD FREEMAN MANAGED TO MAKE A LIVING AND RAISE TWO CHILDREN.…AND ENJOY THEIR LIVES.ALAN SKEOCH ALAN SKEOCH AND ARNOLD ‘RED’ SKEOCHTHIS IS ELSIE (FREEMAN) SKEOCH WITH GRANDSON KEVIN. SHE WAS THE PERSON THAT INHERITED THE FARM IN 1958 AND MANAGEDTO PAY THE TAXES AND THE UPKEEP AFTER GRANDMA AND GRANDPA DIED. HOW SHE DID THAT IS A MYSTERY, FOR EVERY PENNYSHE EARNED WAS DONE WITH A SEWING MACHINE .. MUCH OF THE TIME IN SWEATSHOPS. A GREAT WOMAN…OUR MOTHER.DAD’S MONEY WENT TO FEED HORSES AT RACETRACKS ACROSS ONTARIO AND NEW YORK STATE. MOM WAS MUCH MORE CAREFUL.DAD WAS ONE OF THE GREAT CHARACTERS OF THIS WORLD. LOVABLE BUT IRRESPONSIBLE. THEIR MARRIAGE WAS A GOOD ONE.MY BROTHER ERIC AND I WERE CITY BOYS REALLY BUT THE FREEMAN FARMWAS ALWAYS A PLACE WHERE WE WOULD BE WELCOMED…INDEED , APLACE WHERE WE WERE WANTED. ANYTIME. A SECOND HOME.
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